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What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 2:05AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: DAY
In the "Loyalists of Ontario" in the Ancestry Card Catalog, under the surname DAY, it says:
DAY, Barnabas of Kingston.
Barnabas of Kingston, O.C. 17 Nov 1797
Lewis of Kingston, m. Mary Hill. O.C. 17 Nov 1797.
David. Land Board Certificate, 2/5 Portland.

What does "O.C." mean and what does "2/5 Portland" mean?

Thank you in advance.

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 4:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
I'm not sure what "2/5 Portland" stands for. O.C. however stands for "Order in Council". As it relates to Loyalist land petitions it means the date that the Order in Council was issued approving the petition.
In order to be eligible to receive the land that a U.E. Loyalist or the son or daughter of a U.E. Loyalist was entitled to, the petitioner had to have reached the age of majority (21) or be married. This has led some researchers to interpret the O.C. date as either the 21st birthdate of the petitioner or the marriage date of the petitioner. It is synonymous with neither. It is simply the date that the Order in Council was issued, nothing else...regardless of what you might read elsewhere.

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 5:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Rogers, O'Neal
Thank you.
OK, here's another question for you on the OC dates This one is an excerpt from the Ancestry.ca-The Loyalists in Ontario

O'NEAL, James of Ernestown. Lieut., Loyal Rangers. Widow Elizabeth. OC 20 July 1797. Died 1784.
Margaret, m.---Johnson. OC 20 July 1797. OC 26 Feb 1798.
Richard. OC 2 Nov 1797
Alice, m. Thomas Cook Jr. of Town of Kingston 11 Sept 1803. OC 25 Feb 1806.
Mary, m. Moses Rogers, 26 Oct 1803. OC 26 Feb 1798. OC 2 June 1798.

From this, I'm gathering that James O'Neal was granted the OC on 20 July 1797, which went to his wife Elizabeth because he died in 1784.
Margaret must have gotten hers on 20 July 1797 (from her father's service) and her husband ---Johnson must have gotten his on 26 Feb 1798 because he must have had a father (or he himself) was entitled to land. Right?
Richard must have been over 21 and got it through his father.
Alice must have married Thomas Cook, Jr on 11 Sept 1803 and she got her own OC on 25 Feb 1806 through her father.
But what of Mary O'Neal and Moses Rogers? I'm guessing they got married on 26 Oct 1803, so maybe she was younger than 21; but she also received her own OC through her father James on 26 Feb 1798; and her husband Moses got his own OC through his own service or through his father's service on 2 June 1798? Am I reading that correctly?

Here's another question for you. How do I find out if Moses received his OC because of himself or because of his father; and if it was because of his father, how do I find out who his father was?

Thank you. Even if these other questions aren't answered, just explaining what OC means was very helpful.

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 6:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Here...take the guess work out of it.
link to Elizabeth's land petition:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/00...

Make sure you copy the whole link into your address bar. It should all be one line

The petition goes from page 1075 to 1081 (I think) make sure you page through all the images.
Post back if you still have questions...have fun.

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 7:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
I was bored today...

There are some entries for the family (Rogers, Cook etc.) in the Kingston Parish record:
Part1: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/kingstn1.htm
Part2: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/kingstn2.htm

Couldn't find individual petitions for Margaret, Richard or Mary...perhaps only included in Elizabeth's

link to the petition for Alice (OC 1806):
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/00...

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 2:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
OK, well this was just a wealth of information, especially since it gave me new leads and new sites. Thank you!

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 6:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
The 2/5 Portland probably refers to either a Lot number 2 in the Fifth Concession of Porland , or Lot number 5 in the Second Concession Portland . According to Wikipedia , in 1998 the Former Townships of Bedford , Loughborough , Portland , and Storrington were amalgamated into a new Township called South Frontenac in the County of Frontenac north of Kingston Ontario . The original land deeds should still be on file in their registry office . It has been my experience that many of these OC land grants were actually never taken up by the original grantee as many were just not well situated for settling . Hope this helps . Cheers J.

Re: What does "O.C." and "2/5 Portland" mean next to a Loyalist's name?

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 8:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
OK, that all makes sense about the Lot/Concession and the amalgamation into South Frontenac because Frontenac keeps coming up in my readings. Yes, all of this is very helpful!
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